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WorksheetsEnergy, Motion and Force
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
2.
When objects remain in the same place, it is called...
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
balanced force
d)
unbalanced force
3.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
4.
An unbalanced force is when objects move in one direction because the force is greater from that direction.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
What is a force that works AGAINST MOTION?
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Gravity
d)
Friction
6.
Which force produces a change in motion?
a)
unbalanced force
b)
balanced force
c)
gravitational force
d)
frictional force
7.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force. What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
8.
An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, why does your body continue to go forward?
a)
An object in motion stays in motion.
b)
Gravity pulls your body towards the earth.
c)
Friction makes your body slow down.
9.
If you push a tennis ball, a bowling ball, and a basketball with the same amount of force, which one will go farthest?
a)
bowling ball
b)
tennis ball
c)
basketball
10.
It is much more difficult to move a dresser full of clothes than an empty dresser. Why?
a)
An object in motion stays in motion.
b)
It takes more force to move an object with more mass.
c)
It takes more friction to move the empty dresser.
11.
Pushing a child on a swing is harder than pushing an adult on the same swing.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
A car is driven for 3 hours. What else do you need to know to describe this car’s speed?
a)
the road the car in driven on
b)
the time of day
c)
the distance the car is driven
d)
the number of passengers in the car
13.
Tim and Carla play catch with a ball. Which term describes the motion of a ball?
a)
shape
b)
size
c)
speed
d)
weight
14.
Two cars are in motion for the same amount of time. What will determine which car covers more distance?
a)
the starting position of the each car
b)
the speed of each car
c)
the direction in which each car moves
d)
the length of the car
15.
What is speed?
a)
how much an object’s position changes
b)
how far an object moves
c)
how long an object moves
d)
how far an object moves in a certain amount of time
16.
Wind pushes a toy sailboat across a pond. The boat moves in a straight path. What is changing?
a)
the boat’s direction
b)
the boat’s path
c)
the wind’s direction
d)
the boat’s position
17.
When two equal and opposite forces are at work, what happens to motion?
a)
It increases
b)
It decreases.
c)
There is no motion.
d)
There is maximum friction.
18.
Which best describes the speed of a ball as it is thrown straight up into the air and comes back down?
a)
The ball goes up at a constant speed, stops, then comes down at a constant speed.
The ball goes up at a constant speed, stops, then comes down at a constant speed.
The ball goes up at a constant speed, stops, then comes down at a constant speed.
b)
The ball goes up at a constant speed, stops, and increases speed as it comes down
c)
The ball goes slower and slower as it goes up, stops, and then goes faster and faster as it comes down.
e
e
d)
The ball goes slower and slower as it goes up, stops, and then comes down at a constant speed.The ball goes slower and slower as it goes up, stops, and then comes down at a constant speed.
19.
What is the speed of a runner who runs 400 meters in 40 seconds? (speed = distance ÷ time)
a)
10 meters/second
b)
40 meters/second
c)
100 meters/second
d)
1,600 meters/second
20.
Which information is needed to determine how fast a truck is traveling?
a)
direction and mass
b)
distance and time
c)
size and speed
d)
time and weight
21.
The average speed of this object between points C and D is
a)
.375 km/s
b)
.375 m/s
c)
2.67 km/s
d)
2.67 m/s
22.
The average speed between 4 and 16 seconds is?
a)
5.2 km/s
b)
.192 m/s
c)
.181 km/s
d)
5.5 km/s
23.
A ball rolls down a steep hill. It travels 500 m in 1 minute. It then rolls on a flat surface for an additional 3 minutes and travels 300 m. What is the average speed of the ball?
a)
.5 m/min
b)
100 m/min
c)
200 m/sec
d)
200 m/min
24.
A car starts from a stoplight and is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/sec east in 20 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?
a)
.5 m/s/s
b)
.5 m/s
c)
2 m/s/s
d)
2 m/s
25.
Total distance / Time is the formula to calculate.....
a)
average distance
b)
average time
c)
average speed
d)
Average motion
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